18/07/2011

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:00:16. > :00:19.Evening, everyone! Leah and Ricky here, with Monday's dose of

:00:19. > :00:23.Newsround. Stay tuned, because we have got a packed programme on the

:00:23. > :00:27.way. Here is a taster: we have good news for people who don't like

:00:27. > :00:32.animal testing. And the real MI High! We take a

:00:32. > :00:36.look at a spy school for kids. But first, Britain's top policeman

:00:36. > :00:40.and one of his most senior officers have quit over the phone hacking

:00:40. > :00:43.scandal. Sir Paul Stephenson was the head of the Metropolitan Police,

:00:43. > :00:48.who look after London and are responsible for big events like the

:00:48. > :00:51.Olympics. John Yates was in charge of fighting terrorism. But now they

:00:51. > :00:54.have both gone after being criticised for being too close to

:00:54. > :01:00.journalists at the News Of The World, the very paper they were

:01:00. > :01:03.meant to be investigating. The Metropolitan Police is

:01:03. > :01:08.Britain's biggest police force, and they take charge of most big

:01:08. > :01:11.investigations like the one into phone hacking. Journalists from the

:01:11. > :01:14.News Of The World are accused of getting into the voicemails of

:01:14. > :01:19.celebs, politicians and even victims of crime - all to try to

:01:19. > :01:23.get juicy stories. When it all came out, the newspaper was shut down

:01:23. > :01:26.and the people in charge could be in big trouble if it is proved that

:01:26. > :01:29.they knew about it, although they say they didn't. But now police

:01:29. > :01:32.officers themselves have come under the spotlight, with claims that

:01:32. > :01:37.some of them have been much too friendly with the journalists they

:01:37. > :01:40.are meant to be investigating. Top officers have had dinners with

:01:40. > :01:43.bosses from the News Of The World, and employed one of them after he

:01:43. > :01:47.left the paper. There are even claims that the newspapers have

:01:47. > :01:49.been paying police officers for information, which is illegal. Now

:01:49. > :01:51.people are worried that these friendships stopped the

:01:51. > :01:53.Metropolitan Police from taking their investigations into phone

:01:53. > :01:59.hacking seriously enough, meaning it could go on uninterrupted for

:01:59. > :02:03.years and years. All of this meant that last night, the commissioner

:02:03. > :02:11.Sir Paul Stephenson felt he had to go, even though he says he has done

:02:11. > :02:14.nothing wrong, and today Assistant Commissioner John Yates followed.

:02:14. > :02:18.The Metropolitan Police could not have lost these top officers at a

:02:18. > :02:21.worse time. They are under a lot of pressure to make sure London is as

:02:21. > :02:27.safe as possible for the Olympic Games next summer. And the trouble

:02:27. > :02:30.will not stop with the police. Even the Prime Minister, David Cameron,

:02:30. > :02:33.has been accused of getting too pally with journalists, employing a

:02:33. > :02:38.past editor of the News Of The World as his right hand man. This

:02:38. > :02:43.scandal shows no sign of dying away. This story is going to run and run,

:02:43. > :02:46.but keeping up can be confusing. If you want to get the low-down on

:02:46. > :02:48.everyone involved, check out our guide on the website. Someone who

:02:48. > :02:58.never gets confused is the BBC's chief political correspondent,

:02:58. > :02:59.

:02:59. > :03:03.Laura Kuenssberg. I asked her why this story is such a huge deal.

:03:03. > :03:07.goes right to the heart of what happens in this square mile, what

:03:07. > :03:12.happens in the corridors of power and how politicians and journalists

:03:12. > :03:15.who report on what is happening relates to the police. So we have a

:03:15. > :03:19.triangle of powerful people, and this scandal seems to be sucking

:03:19. > :03:23.all of them in. The story keeps getting bigger and bigger, to the

:03:23. > :03:27.point where even our Prime Minister seems to be drawn into it. What

:03:27. > :03:32.will happen to him? No one is saying that David Cameron knew

:03:32. > :03:36.about what was going on, but he cannot easily escape this gamble,

:03:36. > :03:40.because he was friends with and work with someone for a long time

:03:40. > :03:44.who was in the middle of it. This story is moving so fast that nobody

:03:44. > :03:48.could be confident of saying where it will go next.

:03:48. > :03:51.Now to a subject you guys really care about - animal testing. Loads

:03:51. > :03:54.of you contacted us last week when we reported that more animals are

:03:54. > :03:57.being used in experiments in the UK. Well, there has been a development.

:03:57. > :04:00.The Government says it wants to ban all testing on animals for

:04:00. > :04:03.household products like bleach. It's already against the law to

:04:03. > :04:06.test make-up on animals, but it will still be OK to use them, like

:04:06. > :04:10.here, to help find cures for diseases.

:04:10. > :04:14.If you have ever had a leaking pipe in your home, you will know that it

:04:14. > :04:18.is not much fun. So spare a thought for the people living in Liverpool

:04:18. > :04:25.who woke up to a huge 12 metre high plume of water gushing out of their

:04:25. > :04:28.street this morning. Around 100 homes have been evacuated.

:04:28. > :04:32.Now, for lots of you, the countdown is on to the summer holidays! But I

:04:32. > :04:35.would not dig out your shades just yet. We have had a weekend of

:04:35. > :04:38.really wet weather - this is Perth in Scotland - and forecasters

:04:38. > :04:43.reckon we could be needing our brollies and wellies quite often

:04:43. > :04:51.over the next few weeks. So what's going on? I went to ask Nina Ridge

:04:51. > :04:56.from the BBC weather team. It has been pretty awful. We have had rain

:04:56. > :05:00.and showers and not a great deal of sunshine. It is all due to an area

:05:00. > :05:04.of low pressure we have in the North Sea. That is bringing in the

:05:04. > :05:06.cloud that has been swirling around. We will continue to see those

:05:06. > :05:10.weatherfronts and the unsettled conditions.

:05:10. > :05:14.If you have ever dreamt of being like Rose or Blane from MI High - I

:05:14. > :05:17.know I have! - you don't want to miss this next story. Kids are

:05:17. > :05:20.being given the chance to experience the life of a top secret

:05:20. > :05:30.agent at a centre built for budding spies in Milton Keynes. We put

:05:30. > :05:30.

:05:30. > :05:36.Agent Joe on the case. These days, you do not have to be a

:05:36. > :05:43.grown-up to be a spy. CBBC's MI High puts kids in the world saving

:05:43. > :05:47.shoes of teenagers. And next month, spy kids four hits the cinemas in

:05:47. > :05:51.four D, allowing kids to actually smell the adventure. But the

:05:51. > :05:56.creator of this centre thinks this is the closest children could get

:05:56. > :06:03.to the world of espionage. Spy missions in Milton Keynes now has

:06:03. > :06:07.gigs new James Bonds as young as six. My mission is to destroy a

:06:07. > :06:12.nuclear warhead. I am walking across this wardrobe because there

:06:12. > :06:17.are lasers on the floor. The guided stories test children mentally and

:06:17. > :06:22.physically. We have a runaway ship heading for the enemy. We need to

:06:22. > :06:28.steer it back, but there is no steering wheel. The centre has been

:06:28. > :06:33.built from a big kid's small idea. It started with my children. I used

:06:33. > :06:37.to do mini missions around the floor at my house. How do you get

:06:37. > :06:41.across the kitchen without crossing the floor. I was talking to one of

:06:41. > :06:45.my customers about it, and they said, you must do this for other

:06:45. > :06:49.people. Half a million pounds later, you have this massive place with

:06:49. > :06:54.12,000 square feet full of excitement. Some of the puzzles are

:06:54. > :06:58.more complex than others. And Bob has designed a number of short cuts.

:06:58. > :07:01.But I cannot tell you where they are, because they are top-secret.

:07:01. > :07:05.Now, Ricky, do you know what your cat has been up to today? Well, I

:07:05. > :07:07.am never sure, but Bella is usually asleep in the greenhouse or running

:07:07. > :07:10.riot through Hertfordshire. Well, maybe you should talk to the

:07:10. > :07:14.scientists who have been fitting cats with spy cams to find out what

:07:14. > :07:17.they get up to when we are not around. When they are not napping

:07:17. > :07:20.for 12 hours a day, country cats love hunting, while city cats

:07:20. > :07:23.prefer staying closer to home. There is good news as well - cats